Meow, it is 朔日 of lunar August today. I and mom turned to our 氏神 shrine to greet Gods, make a wish and draw omikuji lots after giving dad a ride by Ms. Scarlet to the nearest station. 小吉=sho-kichi, 末吉=sue-kichi: a little, the least lucky respectively? Hmm. Also a date for us to visit “Arles”, shall we try again in the evening? Or accept them as sacred voice? That sounds better, purr.
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Mei-Shun walked to a hair salon this morning. It takes only 5 minutes, while an hour by train for the other in Tokyo she visited last week. A woman managing the former, dyes only; a guy working for the latter, cuts and curls her longs cheveux. She likes plants and pottery, always serves nice tea. He studies well on beautician science and technology, gives proper advice.
Mei-Shun’s favorite rikishi, sumo wrestler has won 9 so far in current basho held in Tokyo. And yes, he added another win to reach double-digit 10 today. They say it was at the same time his 200th victory in elite 幕内=maku-uchi rank where he returned to after 2 years. Not only being strong, he calmly analyzes everyday match to improve himself both in body and mind.
This is one of corns mom-in-law grew. Not only a good cook, she is the best garden manager who chooses, plants and grows flowers, fruits and vegetables. Her 梅干し=ume-boshi, dried plum pickles has recently been found to be an excellent seasoning by Mei-Shun. Many people in our country eat it with rice porridge, yet a few put it directly into their cookers.
TV news featured a lady soon reaching 100 years old this morning. She played well the 1st movement of “Moonlight” and “For Elise” composed by Master Beethoven. These are in repertoire of Mei-Shun who has approximately half the age of above grandma. Ms. Piano, do you understand why neither of them play the 3rd movement of the former piece again?
Mei-Shun visited her parents’ home. Her mother is an earnest birds and plants watcher. When you can not recognize a seedling of a tree, she would take a second to answer the name of it. So as to birds. Another mom in photo below would do the same, yet our capacity is too small to understand her words.
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